Bethel, Vermont's HistoryFrom the white granite quarries, the Peavine Railroad, our historic churches and Town Hall, to one of the state's oldest continually operated businesses, Bethel's history is a long and rich one. We are fortunate to have an active Historical Society staffed entirely by volunteers, which dedicates itself to documenting and preserving our town's historical records and knowledge. |
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Bethel is the home of the famous Bethel White Granite, still quarried there today. From these quarries came the stone for the monolithic statues that surmount the central pavilion of the Union Station at Washington, the work of Louis St. Gaudens, the sculptor. They represent Agriculture, Imagination, Mechanics, Freedom, Electricity and Fire. Each is sixteen feet high and weighs over forty tons. The rough blocks weighed over eighty tons each.